RCA Studio A is a music recording studio in Nashville, Tennessee built and founded in 1965 by Chet Atkins , Owen Bradley and Harold Bradley as an addition to the RCA Victor Studio the company established seven years prior. Together these two studios were oknown simply by the name "RCA Victor Nashville Sound Studios" (or "RCA Studios" for short) and became known in the 1960s for becoming an essential factor and location to the development of the musical production style and sound engineering technique known as the Nashville Sound .
24-553: (Redirected from RCA Victor Studio ) RCA Studio or RCA Studios may refer to: RCA Studio A , a recording studio in Nashville, Tennessee, built in 1964 RCA Studio B , a recording studio in Nashville, Tennessee, built in 1956 RCA Studios New York , a recording studio in New York RCA Studio II , a 1970s video game console RCA Victor Studio (McGavock) ,
48-530: A local developer planned to demolish the building in order to build condominiums, Folds gathered support to preserve the building, and Mike Curb and local philanthropists collectively purchased the building. The following year, RCA Studio A was added to the National Register of Historic Places . Since 2016, Dave Cobb has leased the studio and used it to operate his Low Country Sound record label imprint. Chet Atkins and Owen Bradley constructed
72-460: A new 3-story building at the original address of 806 17th Avenue South (the street would be renamed Music Square West in 1975) to be leased by RCA Victor . Half of the building was built as office space for the label's Nashville division, and the other half was a new recording studio. Officially opening on March 29, 1965, the new addition to RCA Victor's Nashville Sound Studios, which was newer and larger than RCA's adjacent studio built 9 years prior ,
96-710: A pop guitarist on Columbia Records , Misty Guitar , Guitar for Lovers Only , and Bossa Nova Goes to Nashville . From 1991 to 2008, Bradley served as the President of the Nashville chapter of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM). He was also the first President of the Nashville chapter of the Recording Academy . In 1999, he was elected as the AFM International Vice-President and served until 2010. Bradley
120-548: A recording studio in Nashville rented from 1954 to 1957 See also [ edit ] RCA Records Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title RCA Studio . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RCA_Studio&oldid=1191167697 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
144-588: A subsidiary to his Bradley's Barn recording studio in nearby Mount Juliet . Artists recording at the studio in the Music City Music Hall era included Loretta Lynn , Gary Stewart , Sylvia , the Family Brown , and Earl Klugh . In 1981, George Strait recorded six of the ten songs on his debut studio album at the studio, and returned to the studio to record the followup album , which included his first two number one singles. By 1992
168-480: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages RCA Studio A RCA utilized the studio until January 1977, after which it was sold to Owen Bradley , who remodeled it and operated the studio as Music City Music Hall until the late 1980s. It was later operated as Javelina Recording Studios. Beginning in 2002, Ben Folds leased the building and operated it as Ben's Place and later Grand Victor Sound. In 2014, when
192-466: The National Register of Historic Places . The same year, Kacey Musgraves recorded her 2015 Grammy-nominated album Pageant Material at the studio. In early 2016, country music record producer Dave Cobb leased the building, which he uses for his Low Country Sound record label imprint. In October 2017, the completion of a $ 500,000 restoration of the studios was marked by the mounting of replicas of RCA Victor Recording Studios signage used for
216-506: The 1950s, 1960s, and into the 1970s, performing on hundreds of albums by country stars such as Patsy Cline , Willie Nelson , Roy Orbison , Elvis Presley and Slim Whitman . He also played bass guitar on records, initiating the " tic-tac " method of bass muting. He was a member of the Nashville A-Team, which would play for such musicians as Bob Dylan , Joan Baez and The Byrds . In the 1960s, Harold recorded three albums as
240-466: The 83-piece Nashville Symphony and producer Elliot Scheiner . In 2014 the building’s existence was threatened with demolition by a local developer to make way for condominiums , and Ben Folds gathered regional and professional support in an effort to save the building. In late 2014, just prior to the building's demolition, Curb Records founder, Mike Curb , and local philanthropists Chuck Elcan and Aubrey Preston partnered to collectively purchase
264-653: The Quonset Hut Studio, which was the first music industry-related business in what is now known as Music Row . Bradley was born in Nashville, Tennessee in January 1926, one of six children of Vernon Bradley and Letha Maie Owen. As a child, he played tenor banjo but switched to guitar on the advice of his elder brother, record producer Owen . Owen arranged for Harold to tour with Ernest Tubb as lead guitarist in his band, The Texas Troubadours, while Harold
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#1732793094564288-548: The album becoming important to the development of the outlaw country subgenre. In 1977 as the result of an unresolved union dispute, RCA closed their Nashville studios. The label's management continued to occupy offices within the other half of the building until 1990. RCA Studio B was made available to the Country Music Hall of Fame for tours. Three months after its closure, Owen Bradley bought Studio A, re-opening it as Music City Music Hall and operating it as
312-554: The building for $ 5.6 million in order to preserve its historic significance. The efforts to save RCA Studio A led to a more consolidated, dedicated and collaborative effort to preserve the musical history and promote creativity within Music Row and the Nashville area. It also led to the establishment of grassroots preservationist organizations such as the Music Industry Coalition . Producer Dave Cobb , who
336-815: The center of what would become known as Music Row . Designed and built later than the Bradley Studios' Quonset Hut and RCA Studio B, Studio A's gym -sized room, large enough to house choirs, orchestras, string sections and a live band, was specifically designed by John E. Volkmann to more easily facilitate recording the large ensembles needed to create the Nashville Sound. Today, it is the last remaining of only three Volkmann-designed rooms of this size. Notable artists who have recorded in RCA Studio A include: Harold Bradley (guitarist) Harold Ray Bradley (January 2, 1926 – January 31, 2019)
360-430: The first four years of the studio's operation on the building's exterior. Bradley Studios , RCA Studio B, and RCA Studio A were essential locations to the development of the "Nashville Sound", a style characterized by background vocals and strings. The Nashville Sound both revived the popularity of country music and helped establish Nashville's reputation as an international recording center, with these three studios at
384-404: The help of Sharon Corbitt-House to re-open it to outside clients as a commercial studio under the name of Ben's Place and later Grand Victor Sound. Artists recording at the studio during this timeframe included Kacey Musgraves , Joe Bonamassa , John Hiatt , and Jewel . Folds himself recorded So There at the studio with the yMusic Ensemble , which included a piano concerto performed with
408-588: The studio was run by producer Warren Peterson under the name Javelina Sound Studios. Artists recording at the studio in the Javelina era included Amy Grant , Glen Campbell , DC Talk , Jimmy Buffett , Tim McGraw , Beth Nielsen Chapman , Reba McEntire , Little Texas , Point of Grace , Martina McBride , Wynonna Judd , Mark Chesnutt , Sawyer Brown , Rebecca Lynn Howard , Steve Wariner , Alabama , Vince Gill , BeBe & CeCe Winans , Dan Seals . In 1997 Lee Ann Womack recorded her self-titled debut album at
432-471: The studio, and returned to the studio for the recording of her next two studio albums. Ben Folds , a session drummer at the time, used the studio at night to work on his own original material that would become Ben Folds Five . Folds moved away and returned to Nashville in 2002, and leased the building for the next 12 years, initially for his own use. He also rented out parts of the building to other artists, such as Jamey Johnson . In 2009 Folds enlisted
456-541: Was an American guitarist and entrepreneur, who played on many country, rock and pop recordings and produced numerous TV variety shows and movie soundtracks. Having started as a session musician in the 1940s, he became part of the Nashville A-Team . He is one of the most recorded guitarists in music history. Bradley worked closely with his older brother Owen , and in 1954 Owen and Harold established Bradley Film and Recording Studio , later commonly referred to as
480-514: Was appropriately designated as Studio A, while the original studio became Studio B. Studio A was one of three similarly-designed large studios built by RCA in New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville specifically for recording large groups of musicians, such as choirs, string sections, or orchestras, playing together live, which was essential to the Nashville sound production style. With its live room measuring 75 x 45 feet with 25 foot high ceiling, it
504-407: Was several years later in 1949, and his acoustic rhythm guitar opens Red Foley 's 1950 hit " Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy ". In 1954, Owen and Harold built Bradley Film and Recording Studio , later commonly referred to as the Quonset Hut Studio, which was the first music industry-related business on what is now known as Music Row . Harold enjoyed frequent work as a session musician throughout
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#1732793094564528-437: Was slated to record an album with Chris Stapleton , originally intended to record the album at Sound Emporium Studios , but it was already booked. Having read reports of the impending demolition of the historic RCA Studio A building and its Grand Victor Sound studios, he decided to record Stapleton's debut studio album there, before the building and its recording studios were gone forever. In 2015, Studio A joined Studio B in
552-684: Was still in high school. After graduation, Harold joined the Navy in 1944 and was discharged in 1946, after which he attended George Peabody College (now a part of Vanderbilt University ) in Nashville , studying music while accompanying Eddy Arnold and Bradley Kincaid at the Grand Ole Opry . Bradley's first gig as a session guitarist was in Chicago in 1946 with Pee Wee King and the Golden West Cowboys. His debut in Nashville
576-796: Was the largest studio room in Nashville when it opened. The studio was based on the ideas of Chet Atkins , Owen Bradley and Harold Bradley . Studios A and B were collectively referred to as the RCA Victor Nashville Sound Studios. Between 1965 and 1977 the studio hosted artists including Perry Como , The Blackwood Brothers , Connie Smith , Charley Pride , Lynn Anderson , Dolly Parton , The Beach Boys , The Blackwood Brothers , George Beverly Shea , Nancy Sinatra , Eddy Arnold , Merle Haggard , Lee Hazlewood and Ann-Margret , and Dottie West . Waylon Jennings , who had recorded nearly all of his albums at Atkins' studio, recorded Honky Tonk Heroes there in 1973, with
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